This is troubling to me from another perspective. There is kinetic memory that goes along with things that you write, not on the PC/tablet or smart phone, but in your own handwriting. That's one reason I take all notes in my handwriting at meetings and when I conduct phone research. I have my own shorthand and create a mindmap so easily that helps me remember. Typing just doesn't help me retain or think how stuff ties together as I am hearing it as my own illegible scribble does.

According to the Jan. 30th Wall Street Journal, children are not longer being required to learn cursive script in school; instead, they are now expected to be proficient typists. (One wonders if, once tablets become ubiquitous, typing will give way to proficiency in tapping and swiping...) I ca...

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